Posts Tagged ‘Arrow Video’
We Are the Flesh Blu-ray Review: Grotesquely Beautiful
Mexican horror film aims for something high, falls short into extreme violence and sex.
Read MoreBlack Society Trilogy Blu-ray Review: Madman Miike’s (Relatively) Somber Saga
In these three films about criminal outsiders, Takashi Miike tones down his frenetic style demonstrating a commitment to craft.
Read MoreThe Driller Killer Blu-ray Review: All Driller, No Thriller
The Driller Killer plays like a Taxi Driver knock-off whose arthouse ambitions are overcome by its need to fill grindhouse seats.
Read MoreHellraiser: The Scarlet Box Trilogy Blu-ray Review: A Puzzle Box Worth Solving
This box has such sights to show you.
Read MoreCreepshow 2 Blu-ray Review: Stick to the Original
I’d been better off not remembering this thing exists.
Read MoreThe Driller Killer Blu-ray Review: If Looking for a Routine Slasher Film, Look Elsewhere
A misunderstood cult masterpiece of late ’70s New York urban squalor.
Read MoreC.H.U.D. (1984) Blu-ray Review: The A-List B-Grade Latchkey Monster Flick
Arrow Video’s two-disc Limited Edition release of this ’80s horror flick is worth crawling through a mutant-infested sewer for.
Read MoreC.H.U.D. Blu-ray Review: Cheesy Happenings, Underwhelming Direction
C.H.U.D. strands a fun premise and surprisingly great cast in a meandering story with few thrills.
Read MoreThe Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast Blu-ray Review: Extensive, Exhausting Exploitation Experience
With 14 movies and hour of extras, this set is all a fan could want (and more than most need.)
Read MoreVamp (1986) Blu-ray Review: From Dusk Till… Hey, Wait a Minute!
Though the extras for this Arrow Video release are a bit on the anemic side, I can still sink my teeth in this fun ’80s vampire cult classic.
Read MoreThe Hills Have Eyes (1977) Blu-ray Review: Gritty, Dirty, Bloody Fun
Wes Craven’s second film is decidedly low budget and grim, but it shows the early promise of a true master of horror.
Read MoreThe Initiation (1984) Blu-ray Review: Old School’s Out Forever
Arrow Video brings us a new HD transfer of the sorority slasher many of us kids ditched out on the first time around.
Read MoreThe Initiation Blu-ray Review: Better Than Most of Its Slasher Ilk
One of the last great slasher flicks of the early 80’s gets a stellar upgrade courtesy of Arrow.
Read MoreVamp Blu-ray Review: Fun, but Forgettable
Stylish ’80s vampire flick has little bite, but doesn’t suck too much.
Read MoreSlugs Blu-ray Review: Delightfully Terrible
Mutated mollusks wreak havoc in a small town, and awesomeness on our small screens.
Read MoreThe Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast Box Set Review: Class-Ick
Arrow Video releases the definitive box set (well two, actually) paying all respect due to one of filmdom’s most unique innovators.
Read MoreDark Water Blu-ray Review: A More Intimate Ring of Terror
Original Ringu director’s best follow-up to his international hit, Dark Water is overwhelmingly atmospheric and surprisingly poignant.
Read MoreThe Hills Have Eyes (1977) Blu-ray Review: Wes Craven’s Masterpiece
The late Wes Craven’s gritty 1977 all-time cult classic gets a stellar upgrade courtesy of Arrow.
Read MoreThe Hills Have Eyes (1977) Is the Pick of the Week
This week brings us nuclear mutants, Mel Gibson, Tarzan, the music of Jerry Garcia, lady ghostbusters, and much more.
Read MoreSlugs: The Movie Blu-ray Review: A Marvelously Muddled Mess
One of horror filmdom’s most enjoyable atrocities rises up from the sewers once more in a stellar new HD transfer from Arrow Video.
Read MoreVamp Blu-ray Review: Belongs in the Pantheon of Great Comic Horror
A surprisingly clever ’80s movie with lots of “bite.”
Read MoreDead-End Drive-In Blu-ray Review: Post-Apocalypse, ’80s Style
It’s like a b-grade version of Mad Max, but it’s still a lot of fun.
Read MoreDead-End Drive-In Blu-ray Review: The Australian Escape From New York
This Ozploitation feature could have been a spinoff in the Mad Max universe.
Read MoreThe Arrow Video Roundup for September
What’s new from Arrow Video U.S. this month?
Read MoreFemale Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Review: These Ain’t Your Father’s Women-in-Prison Films
A terrific collection of some really wonderful genre films is maligned by less than stellar video quality.
Read MoreThe Swinging Cheerleaders (1974) Blu-ray Review: Hey, Where’s the Swingin’?
The appropriately misleading exploitation flick from Jack Hill gets a deluxe treatment from Arrow Video.
Read MoreThe Arrow Video Roundup for August
What’s worth purchasing from Arrow Video this month.
Read MoreThe Bloodstained Butterfly Blu-ray Review: The Unconventional Courtroom Giallo
Duccio Tessari’s bizarre giallo/poliziotteschi/krimi hybrid hatches once again thanks to the diligent efforts of Arrow Video.
Read MoreMicrowave Massacre Blu-ray Review: This Comedy Is Overcooked
Who knew a comedy about a cannibalistic serial killer could be this unfunny?
Read MoreThe Bloodstained Butterfly Blu-ray Review: A Giallo Version of Zodiac
Arrow Video releases Duccio Tessari’s classic giallo film in a stunning new Blu-ray edition.
Read MoreMicrowave Massacre Blu-ray Review: Surely Someone Will Enjoy This
Not really horror, not really funny, but definitely dark, and definitely takes too long.
Read MoreCrimes of Passion Blu-ray Review: Kathleen Turner Gets Kinky
Not enough crime, too little passion, far too much Anthony Perkins with a giant vibrator.
Read MoreCrimes of Passion Blu-ray Review: The Double Life of a Working Girl
Ken Russell’s controversial sexual thriller gets a new life in this Arrow re-release.
Read MoreNikkatsu Diamond Guys: Vol 2 Blu-ray Review: The Sillier Side of Japan
Three movies from the 1960s show the Japanese made more than just deeply felt dramas and samurai flicks.
Read MoreRay Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Blu-ray Review: Master of Monsters Revealed
This feature-length doc on the special effects master reveals the artistry behind his creature features.
Read MoreReturn of the Killer Tomatoes! Blu-ray Review: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Vegetables and George Clooney’s Mullet
This is comedy at most silliest, but it is quite smart and very entertaining, while being self-aware and mocking.
Read MoreThe Swinging Cheerleaders Blu-ray Review: These Girls Do More Than Swing
An exploitation flick with a message.
Read MoreBlood and Black Lace Blu-ray Review: Astonishingly Beautiful Depiction of Ugliness
Mario Bava’s seminal Giallo film couples a gleeful disregard for good taste with incredibly artful imagery.
Read MoreSuture Blu-ray Review: Standard Plot, Fascinating Presentation
Fairly uninteresting neo-noir pumped up by a really interesting central conceit.
Read MoreThe Arrow Roundup for June
What’s on tap from Arrow Video this month.
Read MoreReturn of the Killer Tomatoes! Blu-ray Review: Less Killing, More Silliness
The Killer Tomatoes are back and this time it’s personal.
Read MoreNikkatsu Diamond Guys Volume 2 Blu-ray Review: Some Things Don’t Translate
A second volume of movies from Nikkatsu’s ’60s heyday branches out from just crime movies, with occasionally baffling results.
Read MoreBlood Bath Blu-ray Review: Bloody Interesting
Sometimes the behind-the-scenes stories are more interesting than the actual films.
Read MoreKiller Dames: Two Gothic Chillers by Emilio P. Miraglia Blu-ray Review: Killer Queens?
Arrow Video places two more (partly) forgotten gialli on the map in a box set that some folks will kill for.
Read MoreBlood Bath (1966) Blu-ray Review: Alternately Bloody Good and Awfully Bad Stuff
Arrow Video brings us the ultimate release of the Roger Corman horror film best known for its bizarre and convoluted production history.
Read MoreHired to Kill Blu-ray Review: The A-Team’s Project Runway
An awesome action movie premise suffers from lack of any real interesting characters.
Read MoreOutlaw Gangster VIP: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Review: It Don’t Feel Good To Be a Gangster
Obscure Japanese films from the 1960s get an excellent release.
Read MoreThe Zero Boys Blu-ray Review: A Thrill-less Thriller
Nico Mastorakis’ cult horror-action movie does nothing with an interesting premise, gets great Blu-ray release anyway.
Read MoreDillinger (1973) Blu-ray Review: Times Were Tough, So He Got with the Times!
Arrow Video brings us John Milius’ directorial debut, featuring eager performances by Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Harry Dean Stanton, and Richard Dreyfuss.
Read MoreThe Stuff Blu-ray Review: Once Is More Than Enough
A creature feature that would work much better today than it would back in 1985.
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